Bess Larkin Housser Harris - Manitoba 1890-1969 Vancouver -- Day’s End c.1928
Like many Canadian artists of the day – such as Yvonne McKague Housser, whose works are on view in this exhibition – Harris was influenced by Precisionism, the American movement that emphasized urban and industrial scenes in clear light and geometric forms. Here, she gives her evocation of an Ontario town a warmer inflection, with a single shirt hanging on a clothesline hinting at daily life being lived. Pink-tinged skies suggest the pleasures of evening and labour’s end on the quiet street.
Bess Larkin Housser Harris - Manitoba 1890-1969 Vancouver -- Day’s End c.1928
Like many Canadian artists of the day – such as Yvonne McKague Housser, whose works are on view in this exhibition – Harris was influenced by Precisionism, the American movement that emphasized urban and industrial scenes in clear light and geometric forms. Here, she gives her evocation of an Ontario town a warmer inflection, with a single shirt hanging on a clothesline hinting at daily life being lived. Pink-tinged skies suggest the pleasures of evening and labour’s end on the quiet street.